Gold is a two-disc compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

 that was released with the Verve

Verve Records

Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...

 label in 2007. The compilation is an import exclusive collection from one of the greatest female jazz vocalists of all time. 39 tracks span here remarkable career & highlight her prodigious vocal talents. All her greatest hits including 'Let's Fall In Love', 'Manhattan', 'They Can't Take That Away From Me', 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye', 'Summertime' & many more.

Let's Fall In Love
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Summertime (Feat. Louis Armstrong)
A Fine Romance
The Very Thought Of You
Mack The Knife
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
Cheek To Cheek
The Lady Is A Tramp
Get Happy
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Misty
Embraceable You
I Love Paris
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Georgia On My Mind
But Not For Me
Blue Skies
Someone To Watch Over Me
Manhattan
'S Wonderful
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Feat. Louis Armstrong)
I've Got You Under My Skin
Stormy Weather
My Funny Valentine
Bewitched
These Foolish Things
With A Song In My Heart
There's A Small Hotel
Night And Day
Let's Face The Music And Dance
Puttin' On The Ritz
Blue Moon
Isn't This A Lovely Day
Love Is Here To Stay
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Man I Love
Tenderly
I Could Write A Book

Disc One

1. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket
   A-Tisket, A-Tasket
   A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. It was used as the basis for a very successful and highly regarded 1938 recording by Ella Fitzgerald...
   
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2. "Undecided
   Undecided
   "Undecided" is a popular song written by Sid Robins and Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2216, with the flip side "From A Flat to C".It was also recorded by...
   
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3. "Stairway to the Stars"
4. "Betcha Nickel"
5. "Cow Cow Boogie"
6. "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
   Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
   "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" is a 1944 song performed as a duet by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald. The song was written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher . The successful single went to number one on both The Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart . The B-side of the single entitled,...
   
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7. "It's Only a Paper Moon
   It's Only a Paper Moon (song)
   "It's Only a Paper Moon" is a popular song. Published in 1933, it was written by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose. It was written originally for an unsuccessful Broadway play called The Great Magoo, set in Coney Island. It was subsequently used in the movie Take a Chance, in...
   
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8. "Flying Home
   Flying Home
   "Flying Home" is a 32-bar AABA jazz composition most often associated with Lionel Hampton, written by Benny Goodman, Eddie DeLange, and Hampton....
   
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9. "Stone Cold Dead in the Market"
10. "I'm Just a Lucky So and So"
11. "My Happiness"
12. "Black Coffee
    Black Coffee (1948 song)
    "Black Coffee" is a song. The music was written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was published in 1948. Sarah Vaughan charted with this song in 1949 on Columbia. Peggy Lee first released her version in 1953...
    
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13. "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)"
14. "Dream a Little Dream of Me
    Dream a Little Dream of Me
    "Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn.- Early recordings :"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra with vocal by Nelson on February 16, 1931 for Brunswick Records. That February 18, Wayne King...
    
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15. "Someone to Watch Over Me
    Someone to Watch over Me (song)
    "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! , where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence...
    
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16. "Smooth Sailing"
17. "Airmail Special"
18. "Goody Goody
    Goody Goody
    "Goody Goody" is a 1936 popular song composed by Matty Malneck, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Benny Goodman and his Orchestra recorded this song. Frankie Lymon performed this song live on television on several occasions, including in 1957 on The Ted Steele Show...
    
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19. "Angel Eyes"
20. "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"
21. "Lullaby of Birdland
    Lullaby of Birdland
    "Lullaby of Birdland" is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster" in order to circumvent the rule that ASCAP and BMI composers could not collaborate....
    
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22. "Hard Hearted Hannah"

Disc Two

1. "Just One of Those Things"
2. "In the Still of the Night
   In the Still of the Night (1937 song)
   "In the Still of the Night" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the MGM film Rosalie sung by Nelson Eddy and published in 1937....
   
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3. "The Lady Is a Tramp
   The Lady Is a Tramp
   "The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette...
   
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4. "Just Sittin' and a-Rockin'"
5. "Take the "A" Train"
6. "They All Laughed
   They All Laughed (song)
   "They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.-Notable recordings:...
   
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7. "Summertime
   Summertime (song)
   "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....
   
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8. "Oh, Lady Be Good (Live)"
9. "Blue Skies
   Blue Skies (song)
   -History:The song was composed in 1926 as a last minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy. Although the show only ran for 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star, Belle Baker. During the final...
   
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10. "Swinging Shepherd Blues"
11. "Love Is Here to Stay"
12. "Mack the Knife
    Mack the Knife
    "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the...
    
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13. "How High the Moon
    How High the Moon
    "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock....
    
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14. "Misty
    Misty (song)
    "Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in 1959...
    
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15. "Blues in the Night
    Blues in the Night
    "Blues in the Night" is a popular song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues...
    
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16. "A Fine Romance
    A Fine Romance (song)
    "A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936.The song was written for the musical film, Swing Time, where it was co-introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
    
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17. "All the Things You Are
    All the Things You Are
    "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart...
    
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18. "Too Marvelous For Words
    Too Marvelous for Words
    "Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. It was featured in the 1937 Warner Brothers film Ready, Willing and Able, as well as a production number in a musical revue on Broadway...
    
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